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This arrived in today's post. I hope to make a start this evening. I also have The Incarnate God and S. Cyril of Jerusalem's Lectures on the Christian Sacraments on order. I've seen part of the Orthodox worship and fellowship, and part of a priest's domestic life. Now I'm delving a little more into the theology, which is a love of mine, even if I don't do it particularly well. (sigh).

I am thinking of also investing in The Orthodox Church. Is there anything else that anybody has found helpful or thinks that I might?

They are well worth a read, imho. With the warning that "The Fall of Constantinople" is a 2 box of tissues read and "The Great Church in Captivity" brought more tears to my eyes than "Gone with the Wind"....

I read "The Orthodox Church" (original 65 version) as well as the new one. Both are very good overall introductions, but some of hte info in the original is quite dated as much has changed in the past 40 odd years.

Way of the Pilgrim is also good but one should be careful as it can lead to a great fervor that dies quickly.

The Law of God by Fr. Seraphim Slobodsky (available from SJKP.org at a rather steep 50 american) is worth every penny. Its written on a 5th grade reading level but its simplistic terms and expressions do nothing to mask the infinite greatness of the Orthodox tradition. It is the premeire Catechism of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia and is also being used increasingly by the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

St. George Orthodox Information Services had a very good book available but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.

Above and beyond these I recomend the Prologue from Orchid (I printed mine off a pdf file) and a good praryerbook.

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